In quiet Roswell, aeronautics-obsessed Dorothy lives with her brother on a rural ranch, and when her downed weather balloon sparks rumors of a crashed flying saucer, she sets out to discover the truth and soon realizes there is more at play than she realized.
In 1947 Roswell, New Mexico, budding young scientist Dorothy begins to suspect something dangerous is out there when the FBI starts asking questions after her gigantic weather balloon is mistaken for a UFO. Simultaneous eBook.
From acclaimed author J. Kasper Kramer comes a historical middle grade novel about a budding young scientist in 1947 Roswell, New Mexico, who fears her weather balloon experiment has been mistaken for a flying saucer!
Nothing ever happens in Roswell, New Mexico. Dorothy should know. Shes lived her whole life on a rural ranch nearby, surrounded by the difficult memories from her familys struggles to make ends meet during the Great Depression years ago. At least her older brother Dwight is home safe from the war. Unfortunately hes no better to talk to than her ancient pet sheep, Geraldine.
Thankfully Dorothy has her experiments, like launching rockets off the top of her windmill. But one stormy night, she sends a gigantic weather balloon into the stratosphereand an incredible blast lights up the sky. Suddenly, all the newspapers feature a flying saucer crash in their headlines and the sleepy town of Roswell is alight with gossip and speculation. But what if the so-called extraterrestrial vessel is actually Dorothys weather balloon?
When FBI agents start asking questions, she begins to suspect that theres something out there, something dangerous. Either the government is after her for causing a national scandal
or aliens are real!
